Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35932, Vinson Ficket, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass
Ticket Vinson Tuckett or
8 35932
CONTENTS

7,396
Maine
Vinson Fickett 4
of Durham in the Dist of Maine
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer of the Mass ts line, for the term of three years.
scribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of March 1819 and sent to John Maysey Esq. Portland, Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 — 81.83
Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sept r 1819: 48 —
$ 129.83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Capt 2 for Land Agt

Dr. Vinson Fickett
Copy Durham
(4396)
La
(Sept 1879)
3300
James M. ...

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland  within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixeth — day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the day of  in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this sixeth — day of June in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having “the power of fine and imprisonment,” and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Vinson Fickett — aged sixty four — years, resident in Burham — in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Private — in the company commanded by Capt. Gilas Burbank in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer — in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the twenty eighth day of April — A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7396 — was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled “An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Vinson Fickett
Sworn to and declared, on the sixth day of June A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Albion K. Parris “ ”
{ U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
I have no real estate any where — I live with a son and have for many years — I own two sheep — I have no other estate nor have I any income
Vinson Fickett
Sworn to, before
Albion H. Parris
U.S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Vincent Fickett — who, by occupation am a Farmer — which I am not able to pursue by reason of infirmity and old age, nor have I been able for many years —
~~~~~ NAMES.                      AGES.                      Capacity of each to contribute to their support.
  My wife Hannah  71 —  years old feeble — lives also with my son    Vinson Fickett  
Sworn to
Before
Albion H. Parris
U.S. Dist. Judge

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Three dollars and fifty cents. & no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this sixth day of June — A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
$3.50

Vinson Fickett's declaration

I Vinson Fickett a resident of Durham in the county of Cumberland and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged sixty two years, being duly sworn do depose and say that in the month of December 1776, I enlisted as a private for one year in Captain Hart William's company, and Colonel Edmund Phinney's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line, Continental Army; that I marched from Cape Elizabeth to Boston, from thence to Tienderoga in the State of New York, and was discharged on account of sickness a short time before my term expired. I further say that in December 1777 I was again enlisted, by Lieutenant James Means as a private for three years in Captain Silas Burbank's company and Colonel Brewer's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line, Continental Army: that I faithfully served the period for which I had enlisted & was honorably discharged at Fishkill in the State of New York, on about the 1 st January 1780 and that I lost said discharge some years since. I further say that I was in the battle at Hubberton, about twenty miles from Tienderoga; that I was at the taking of General Burgoyne and was also in the battle of Monmouth: that I am in low circumstances in life and am in need of assistance from my country for support; that I do not receive nor am I entitled to receive any pension from the United States except by virtue of the Act of Congress providing for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed the 10 th March 1818.
Vinson Fickett
District of Maine. Subscribed and sworn to by the said Vinson Fickett in my presence this twenty eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred & eighteen
Alcois K. Parris Judge de

35932 Very INVALID.  See
File No. 35-932
Binson Ticket Ph Rev was
Act: 18 March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 468
[Arrangement of 1870.]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Moses Quinby of Westbrook Esquire ————— in the District of Maine
GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, holden at Paris in said District, on the fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen , William Gichett of Durham in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a private in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by An Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," in order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States:—And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the town of Westbrook aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:—
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Paris in said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Albion H. Parris Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

James Wagg of Pejepscot in the county of Cumberland & Commonwealth of Massachusetts being duly sworn do depose & say, that Virn Fickett of Berken in said county is a person of little property & is in reduced circumstances & requires the assistance of his county for support
James Wagg
Subscribed and sworn to this twenty eighth day of Ap. one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Before me
Alcison H. Parrie Judge de

Vinson Fickett Private
Col. Brewer. Massachusetts line
1777. 3 years Expir'd. 28 th 1810.
Correct
See the judges certificate on file

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Vinson Fickett the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the deposition of James Mearns a Commissioned Officer in the Revolutionary Army that he said Fickett served as a private for the period of nine months upwards in continuation on the continental Establishment during the Revolutionary War and also the declaration under oath of James Wagg that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of the assistance of his country for support
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Vinson Fickett the applicant, served as a private in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I James Means of Westbrook in the county of Cumberland and Commonwealth aforesaid being duly sworn do depose and say that I was an officer in the Revolutionary war in the Continental service; that while I was Lieutenant in Captain Silas Burbank's company and Colonel Brewer's Regiment, Massachusetts Line, I enlisted Vinson Fickett then of Cape Elizabeth now a resident of Durham in said county as a private in said company in the month of December one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven for the period of three years: that said Fickett faithfully served the United States the period for which he had enlisted and was honorably discharged at Fishkill in the State of New York on or about the first of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty. I further say that said Fickett was engaged in the action with the enemy at Hubberton about twenty miles from Ticonderoga State of Vermont was also at the taking of General Burgoyne.
James Means
Cumberland ss
April 24 th 1818 Personally appeared the above named James Means and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
Before me
Mary Imbry
Justice of the Peace for said County.